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Thrive Alliance is asking residents to participate in The Community Assessment Survey for Older Adults, designed to provide a picture of how Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson and Jennings counties are serving older adult residents.

BLOOMINGTON — Bender Lumber Co., which has a location in Columbus, will be offering a series of matching gifts that could double every dollar dropped into Salvation Army Red Kettles in eight southern Indiana counties today and Saturday.

“Agood, old-fashioned thank-you note goes a long way.”

Residents will soon see some familiar holiday decorations on Cummins, Inc. property in downtown Columbus.

HOPE - Duke Energy and Bartholomew County REMC had nearly a combined 2,000 Hope-area homes and businesses without electricity for almost four hours Wednesday.

Some local road projects funded by a matching grant are seeing a slight reduction in cost.

A fire in a vacant rental property is under investigation by Columbus firefighters.

Part-time Columbus residents Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis, who also live in Los Angeles, have been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Children’s Music Album for “Crayon Kids,” their 13th release.

The Sanctuary church’s Christmas Prayer Wall — even larger than the previous 10-foot high, 30-foot-long version of 2020 — has returned to its place on the church lawn at 3939 Central Ave. in Columbus to give people an outlet for spiritual help.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor announced Wednesday he would extend the state's public health emergency for another month amid a stalled legislative proposal that...